Jesus_lol Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 [quote name='Papist' timestamp='1339685007' post='2444614'] I saw it yesterday. Though I liked the story overall, I did not like the theme that humans were created by the non-divine. I kept telling myself, this is sci-fi, this is sci-fi, this is sci-fi, this is sci-fi, this is sci-fi, ...However there was a key moment when the main character woman stated, "Who created them?" referring the who created the 'engineers' that created mankind. I was thinking the same question. There are things in the movie that was not clear. Like the beginning when the 'engineer' drinks that stuff. Was he on Earth and that is how mankind was created? Remember, he fell into the water and dissolved including his DNA strains, then you see DNA strains starting to self-repair. It made wonder if this was to be the origins of life/evolution. And I thought the 'engineer' was supposed to be sitting in the chair when the alien popped out of him. This is how and where he was when they found him in Alien. Definitely left open for a follow up movie. [/quote] Also, that "space jockey" in Alien was found in one of their large crescent moon ships, not in that small escape pod. And BG already noted it was indeed an entirely different planet. But as it said at the end, there are more of those engineers, and at one point i guess they find out about the Aliens and try using them as weapons, which is why you see them being transported (very similarly to the rows of bio weapon in prometheus) in the ship on lv426. The Alien takes on some of the physical qualities of what it is impregnated into(see the dog/cow one in Alien 3) which is why it looks different, more unevolved in its first iteration, grown inside an engineer instead of a human. Im hopeing the next movie goes all out with horror, Alien style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I've never much been a fan of the Alien series. I always thought they were more of a gore-fest than an actual horror franchise. Would yall say that this movie is pretty much more of the same from the Alien movies, or is a little different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximillion Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Here's my question. What's with the Wayland connection? Wayland is the name of the old guy who is the 'father' of the robot. Wayland and Wayland Industries are behind the AVP film......... Am I seeing too much into this, is there really a connection and if so what? TBH, I thought Prometheus was at times very close to being almost a remake of Alien, with a few extras thrown in. I thought the bit at the beginning when the 'man' dissolved was supposed to be how DNA got in the primordial soup...and hence our beginning, evolutionary style. Final thought. How about a mash up the whole Aliens movies with , say, Lost. Or am I mixing my metaphors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus_lol Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 [quote name='maximillion' timestamp='1339947786' post='2445509'] Here's my question. What's with the Wayland connection? Wayland is the name of the old guy who is the 'father' of the robot. Wayland and Wayland Industries are behind the AVP film......... Am I seeing too much into this, is there really a connection and if so what? TBH, I thought Prometheus was at times very close to being almost a remake of Alien, with a few extras thrown in. I thought the bit at the beginning when the 'man' dissolved was supposed to be how DNA got in the primordial soup...and hence our beginning, evolutionary style. Final thought. How about a mash up the whole Aliens movies with , say, Lost. Or am I mixing my metaphors? [/quote] it isnt mentioned in Alien, they just call it "the company", but you see "weyland corporation" on some of their gear, and in the later movies(dont ask about AVP it doesnt count) Weyland corporation is what is financing the ships. there are some parallels between Alien and Prometheus, but only really basic plot themes, and most of the alien movies are similar like that. as for a mash up, one of the main writers for Prometheus was a writer for Lost, hence the somewhat "wait for the next episode" feel and lack of explanation in prometheus(which i thought sucked. if i was picking people to write a movie that explains questions people have been asking for 33 years, the writers from Lost would be the last on that list.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 http://youtu.be/-x1YuvUQFJ0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximillion Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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